Tag Archives: Winter Solstice

THE TURNING AND THE ROAD AHEAD

Posted on December 21, 2024 by elainedanforth

While some months of cold and wetAnd longer hours of darkStill lie ahead, If you are hereto hearand read,it tells methat you are not dead. So, read thisand look aroundand smell and listen,your feet standing or stepping firmlyon the ground,even … Continue reading →

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THE GOLDEN CHANGE OF DIRECTION

Posted on December 20, 2024 by elainedanforth

So good to be walking at sunset.Not too bad a day at all.Better than yesterday, anyway,and there won’t be a day shorter than today– except of course, tomorrow,when the Winter Solstice,the shortest day of the yearoccurs, and the time the … Continue reading →

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THE BOOMERANG OF WINTER SOLSTICE

Posted on December 19, 2024 by elainedanforth

Two days lefttill the lowest dipof this natural year, Now on a dark boomerang ridethat will sinkto max low, Beforeit whirls back upeventually to wherethe days will be longer and brighterand bluer and more clear. But, for now,we must be … Continue reading →

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DECEMBER NADIR

Posted on December 3, 2023 by elainedanforth

December nadirsliding into deepest darkon toward brightest light

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SOLSTICE– THE TIME THE SOUL MUST RUN ITS PACES

Posted on December 23, 2017 by elainedanforth

Solstice. . . the time the soul must run its paces, do its tricks. The lights, the sun’s day heights, the body’s workings go more low and slow. . . Sometimes its life seems as if it’s got just one … Continue reading →

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JOY IN DEEP DECEMBER

Posted on December 12, 2016 by elainedanforth

Ten days before solstice. . . There’s no way I ever could regain my stride in which I’d take more pleasure (mixed with a bit of pride) than, at my own chosen pace of leisure, to pedal up a hill … Continue reading →

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RELAXING WINTER’S GRIP

Posted on January 7, 2016 by elainedanforth

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, deep winter blues loose the worst grip of their clenched talons, as slow unwinds this first week of the year– a wet, dark, low and floating balance, Last day of this first line … Continue reading →

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MERRY FULL MOON CHRISTMAS!

Posted on December 26, 2015 by elainedanforth

Merry Christmas!– And may you glide with grace and ease up from the darkest lull of solstice, lit by tonight’s round full moon’s brightness into a year and spring that welcomes you with abundance, joy and kindness.

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WHEN DAY SHOWS JUST A SQUINT OF LIGHT

Posted on December 21, 2015 by elainedanforth

The peak of reign of night– the winter solstice– the time when day shows just a squint of light, and on come rain and snow and wet, and leaves have dropped, so trees’ guise shows oh so much like death, … Continue reading →

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LISTENING IN THE DARK

Posted on December 19, 2015 by elainedanforth

Deep December day displays grey. . . light fades– I stride along my way– the park grows dark. . . tall trees around me friendly stand. . . I lean in, and to my ear I cup my hand, careful … Continue reading →

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